Voters in the September 2002 Florida Primary Election who had hoped to see an end to their votes’ not being counted, were disappointed. Problems experienced in Miami-Dade included Precinct 507 in Liberty city's Thena C. Crowder Elementary school where voting machines crashed until mid-afternoon, 500 voters waiting at Precinct 511, Jordan Grove Baptist Church in Liberty City, which was closed due to e-voting machine problems until after noon, United States Congresswoman Carrie Meek was turned away from casting an absentee ballot because of a computer malfunction, she was later allowed to vote after calling into the main office to verify her registration.
"Long delays leave some black voters angry and suspicious," Maimi Herald, September 11, 2002, Writer Andrea Robinson
Following the 2000 Presidential Election which did not reach a conclusion until the Federal Supreme Court halted counting while is rendered a judgement that resulted in the contested Florida Electoral votes going to Bush. The state responded by spending $125 million and an overhaul of state election procedures over two years that still resulted in chaos during the primary election. Most of the problems were associated with 178 out of 754 precincts in Miami-Dade, which included poor poll worker training, poll workers abandoning polls, broken e-voting machines, problems sending results remotely from polls, tabulation problems, precincts opening late (68 precincts not open by 9:45 AM, 32 still closed at 10:50 AM and 45 at only half capacity.
"Here we go again: Confusion reigns in sequel to 2000 election," Maimi Hearld, September 11, 2002, Writers Martin Merzer, Joni James and Alfonso Chardy
Wendy Orange a project Manager for Election System Software (ES&S) resigned because she said the company was aware of software problems with their voting machines but were hiding them.
ES&S Project Manager Resigns Over Voting Machine Problems, WISH TV Florida, May 11, 2004